Antonyms for seemed

Word Origin & History

c.1200, "to appear to be;" c.1300, "to be fitting, be appropriate, be suitable," though the more recent sense in English is the etymological one; from Old Norse soema "to honor; to put up with; to conform to (the world, etc.)," verb derived from adjective soemr "fitting," from Proto-Germanic *somi- (cf. Old English som "agreement, reconciliation," seman "to conciliate," source of Middle English semen "to settle a dispute," literally "to make one;" Old Danish some "to be proper or seemly"), from PIE *som-i-, from root *sem- "one, as one" (see same). Related: Seemed; seeming.

Example Sentences for seemed

He seemed to make a strong effort to check some sudden impulse.

Soon as I looked at her it seemed to me I'd known her always.

Mrs. Drelmer glanced above to where some one seemed to be waiting for him.

Then I heard a mighty voice, that seemed to proceed from within the Parthenon.

Yet all seemed cheerless; for the heart of Paralus was desolate.

Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.

A gentle strain of music, scarcely audible, seemed to make reply.

It seemed, however, that he had merely been thinking intently.

The more she thought of Robert's losing his place, the more unfortunate it seemed.

He was very glad to earn money in this way, since it seemed he was to have no fish to dispose of.